Katie Price has said she was stunned to learn that Gareth Gates is finally ready to speak about their brief 2002 fling, with the Pop Idol runner-up set to appear in her new Sky documentary, Nothing To Hide. The revelation lands at a time when Price's private life is already under a bright, unforgiving spotlight, which makes the timing feel, frankly, a bit mad.
The pair's names have been linked for years because of a romance that never fully left the gossip cycle. In 2002, Price and Gates were briefly involved, and the relationship has lingered in public memory ever since. The source says it was later revealed that Price helped Gates lose his virginity while she was pregnant with her first child, Harvey, a detail that has followed both of them for more than two decades.